Inimica vis

{{Short description|Papal encyclical by Pope Leo XIII}}

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{{Infobox Encyclical

| name = Inimica vis

| language = Latin

| translation =

| argument = On Freemasonry

| date = 8 December 1892

| pope = Leo XIII

| papal_coat_of_arms = C o a Leone XIII.svg

| pages =

| number = 45 of 85

| before = Custodi di quella fede

| after = Ad extremas

| web_en = http://www.ewtn.com/library/ENCYC/L13MS4.HTM

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Inimica vis is a papal encyclical addressed to the Catholic bishops of Italy.[http://www.ewtn.com/library/ENCYC/L13MS4.HTM Inimica vis], text of the encyclical. It remarked on the multiple condemnations of Freemasonry over the preceding century and a half and concentrated on the local difficulties of the Italian church. It was promulgated by Leo XIII in 1892.

It is viewed as reproving the Italian bishops for an apathetic response to Freemasonry in Italyp. 48, That They Be One: The Social Teaching of the Papal Encyclicals, by Michael Joseph Schuck, 1991, Georgetown University Press. and it complained that some members of the Catholic clergy were co-operating with the Masonic and anti-clerical government of the Kingdom of Italy.[http://www.io.com/~janebm/churchlaw.html Roman Catholic Church Law Regarding Freemasonry] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990127105315/http://www.io.com/~janebm/churchlaw.html |date=1999-01-27 }}, by Reid McInvale. It was seen as the start of Papal "bargaining" with the forces symbolised by Continental Freemasonry,[http://web.mit.edu/dryfoo/Masonry/Essays/miter-trowel.html The Miter and The Trowel] by William G. Madison. although it has also been noted that Freemasonry was denounced as a "vile sect".page 144, World Christianities, C. 1815-1914, y Sheridan Gilley, Brian Stanley, Cambridge University Press.

On the same date Inimica vis was promulgated, 18 December 1892, Pope Leo XIII wrote Custodi di quella fede, an encyclical epistle addressed to the Italian people, further attacking Freemasonry.